Clinical Nurse Manager, Medicine

Job description

Position Summary To provide expert nursing care for an individual or group of patients with complex problems and unpredictable outcomes using knowledge of nursing theories and to assist in the administrative and educational functioning of the unit. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: Include the following. To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Other duties may be Dependent upon area of assignment (hospital or ambulatory care) performs all, or a combination of, the following: - Delivers expert nursing care based on in-depth knowledge and expertise by: - Assess factors of the patient’s past and present physical, psychosocial, and cultural baseline, health problems, and external support systems which may impact on his/ her ability to cope with current health situation. - Define a nursing problem list, based on the assessment of the patient, that reflects the consideration of the medical diagnosis and the patient’s problems. - Define realistic measurable goals related to each problem. - Develop a nursing plan which is directed toward the optimal resolution of nursing diagnoses and prevention of future problems. -...